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Saturday September 14, 2013 10:05 AM

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday that he will not make an endorsement in the general
election for mayor.

Bloomberg said he would focus instead on governing during his final months in office and
promised to assist whoever prevails after the November election.

The announcement, made on his weekly radio show, ended weeks of speculation that, faced with the
prospect of Bill de Blasio, the public advocate and a fierce critic of the mayor’s policies,
becoming the Democratic nominee, Bloomberg might endorse Republican Joseph Lhota.

Asked by host John Gambling whether he would stay out of the race or get more involved,
Bloomberg began a long-winded response that at first seemed as if it would avoid answering the
question.

“Helping the next mayor get prepared for the job so he can hit the ground running is really one
of the most-important things I can do for New Yorkers after November,” he said, adding, “I don’t
want to do anything that complicates it for the next mayor, and that’s one of the reasons I’ve
decided I’m just not going to make an endorsement in the race.”